Attachment for stoves.



M. GARNET. ATTACHMENT FOR STOVEB.

APPLICATION Flynn saw. 16, 1009 Patented De0.28,1909.

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UNITED srrnrnsgngnwr OFFICE.

MAME CABNEY, F PHILADELPHIA, vsm.

ATTACHMENT FOB STOVBS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Masts Carney, a citizen of the United States. residin at Philadelphia. in the county of Philat elphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attaclnnents for Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved attarlnncnt for stoves, the object of the invention being to provide an improved construction of ashpit for the stove, in connection with a pipe or chute, and a receptacle rated in the room below, whereby the ashes from the stove may be deposited in the chute and directed into a receptacle in the cellar, thus obviating the necessity for carrying the ashes. and the consequentdlrt caused thereby.

further ob'ect is to n-ovide an improved construction 0 bottom or the ashpit, which bottom comprises a pair of hinged doors having im roved means for moving the doors to cosed position, locking them in closed position, and permitting them to open by the weight of the ashes thereon.

with these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

1n the :ua-ompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a view in vertical section illustrat ng? my improvements, and Fig. 2, is a view at ioriaontal section through the ashpit.

1 represents the ashpit of a stove, located below the ordinary grate Q, and provided with a hopper like bottom 3, up into which h pipe or chute 4 projects, and is secured by screws 5 or other suitable securing devices. The lower end of this chute which projects into the cellar is disposed within the upper end of a box or rccc itacle (i, and a curtain 7, preferably of flexible material is secured to pipe or chute 4 and positioned around the upper end of receptacle 6. to prevent dust t'rom escaping from the receptacle ll when the. ashes tall therein. The upper end of pipe or chair 4- which projects up into the topper like bottom ll, is provided with an outwardly llarml upper end 8, which serves to limit the downward movement of my imirovod doors 9 and 10. the latter having iiugcd connection with lugs ii in the aslr pit, which allows the doors to open and close.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filled September 16. 1909.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Serial Io. amass.

12 represents a shaft which is supported in lugs 13 on the outside of ashpit 1, and crank arms 14 in the form of an angle as illustrated most clearly' in Fig. 2, are socured to the shaft 12, and at their other ends are pivotally connected to lugs 15 on door 10. These arms 14 are also pivotally connected by links 16 with lugs 17 on door 9, so as to compel the doors to operate simultaneously as will hereinafter appear. A handle 18, in the form of a crank arm, is Q.- cnred to shaft 12 about midway the ends of the latter, and moves between parallel cars 19 on the front of the ashpit l, and these cars 19 are provided with registering openlllfs' to receive a pin 20, which latter is mapted to be positioned over the arm or handle 18 when the doors are in closed position. to n event the upward movement of the handle, and hence prevent any opening movement of the doors 9 and 10.

The operation is as follows: The parts as shown in Fig. 1 are in position for dumping the ashes from ashpit 1 into pipe or chute 4, and from the latter into the box or receptacle 6. To close the doors, after dumping, handle 18 is forced downward to turn shaft 12, and through the medium of arms 14 and links 16, bring both doors to horizontal position, and the arts to the position shown in dotted lines 1n Fig. 1 when the pin 20 can be positioned across the upper side of the handle to hold the doors in this position. When ashes accumulate on the doors 9 and 30, it is simply necessary to remove min 20, which latter is preferably' rovidc with a chain 21 or other connectmp device securing the. same to the ashpit 1 to prevent misplacement. When the pin 20 is removed, the weight of the ashes on doors 9 and 10 will cause the latter to drop to the position shown in full lines in Fig. l, and the contents of the. ashpitwill he directed into the receptacle below.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing flom my invention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth. but. consider myself at libcrtv to make such changes and alterations as t'airl [all within the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettors Patent. is:

1. la a device of the character described,

hinged in said aslipit, and forming a closure at the bottom thereof, means for conveying ashes from said it into the room below,

the combination with an ashpit having a hopper like bottom, a pi or chute projecting up into the ho per ike bottom, hin doors forming a e osnre for the bottom of said ashpit, adapted when in open position 1 arms oonnectin said crank shaft with one to be so ported on the upper end of said of said doors, links connecting said arms pipe, an means for moving said doors. with the other of said doors, a handle on 2. In a device of the character described, said shaft, parallel perforated ears on oppothe combination with an ashpit having a site sides of said handle, and a pin adapted hopper like bottom, of a pi or chute proto be positioned in said ears above the i'ectmg up into and secure in the hopper handle when the doors are in closed position ike bottom, and having an outwardly flared 5 to prevent the opening movement of said it per end, doors hinged in the ashpit, and 1 doors. a a ted when in open position to rest i In testimony whereof I have signed 'niy against the outwardly flared upper end of name to this specification in the presence of saidl pipe ordchptc, (21v. receptacle into which i two subscribing witnesses. t e ower en 0 sai i or chute rejects, 1 t t t Y and a flexible cnrtain s cured to so id ipe MAME or chute and overlap in said recepta e- Witnesses:

3. In a device of e c iaracter described, i J. R. H. l'or'rs, the combination with an ashpit, doors J. A. L. MULHALL.

and the crank sha t mounted on said ashpit, 

